The Sun. — London, England, 1864-10-17 00:00:00

FEBOAT SERVICES. —Daring the storms of the past year the boats of the National Lifeboat titration say, d 417 persons from different wrecks on our pts. The Institution also expended' £13,819 3s. 2d. in e ame period on lifeboat establishments, in addition to granti.ng 1;1,351 6s. d. as rewards for saving 714 shipwrecked persons by its lifeboats, and other means. The Committee of the Institution earnestly APPEAL to the public for ASSISTANCE to enable them to meet the continued heavy demands on the Institution's 137 lifeboat establishments. Contributions are received by all the London and country bnikers ; and by the Secretary, Richard Lewis, at the Institution , 14, John-street, Adeiphi. TaEATRE ROYAL DRURY.LANE. -- M an agers, Messrs. E. Falconer and F. B. Chatterton. THIS EVENING, a new and original Farce, by Edmund Falconer, entitled THE O'FLAIIERTY 'S. M. Edmund Falc,oner; Messrs G. Delmoe, Barret. Fitzjames, &e.; Miss Jludspeth, Miss E. Falconer, Mrs. 11. t Vandenhoff, &C. After which, at a Quarter to Eight o'cl cko, CreswiirShakespere's Play of CVMBELINII. Mr. Phelps; Messrs. , Blarston, Walter Lacy, Edmund Phelp4, and ay, Helen Loors open at ha f-past Six —Commence at Seven. I} U 'r Y E - LA DAM.NIFS'SION.SI,IaidEwAitZEtOrhe—DSreEesACSi2i-Ne, Upper Boxes, or Pit, until next September, to all public per formances, only Two Guineas each. Apply to C. W., 3, `Pal cot-place Wes*, Bennington-road, S. TEIEATRE ROYAL, HAYMARKET.- Lessee. Mr. Buckstone. T ing EVENING, MADEMOISELLE DE BELLE ISLE. Dlessrs. Bowe, Farren, Gordon, Baird, &c. Mesdames Beatrice, Ange', &c. Alter which, PRESENTED AT COURT. Messrs. Buck stone, Rowe, W. Farren, Rogers, Clark, Braid, &c. ; 3les ciarues Snowdon, Griffith, Mil, Wright, Lovell, &C. And ACCIIIJS AND ARIADNE. To commence at 7. ROYAL LYCEUM THEATRE, Under the sole management of Mr. Fechter. This Theatre will OPEN on SATURDAY• October 22, with a New Drama, entitled the KING'S BUTTERFLY, in which Mr. Fechter will perform the principal character. The Scenery painted by Mr. William Callcott. The Box-office open daily from Eleven till Five. ROYAL PRINCESS'S THEATRE.— Sole Lessee and Manager, Mr. Geo. Vining. THIS EVE NING, BORNM urra TOy. GOOD LUCK. I eddy Orl, afferty, r. Dominick Aft,ar which, THE bTREET3 OF LOITDON. Messrs. D. FR her. D. Murray"; J. Nelson H Vining J. W. Ray , Forrestie„r. H. Mellon ; Mrs. Henry Marston, Miss Emma . Barnett, A nd Miss Fsnny Gwynne. Ew THEATRE-R() YAL, ADELPHL— sjie E'opristor and Manager, Mr. B. Webster. Novelty and A.i.frJetion -Third Week of Arr. John Collins, the popular Irish Comedian and Vocalist, who is only en ga_4ed for a limited n, =her of nights. THIS EVENING, and during the Week (by desire), the Comedy of THE IRIS!' AMBASSADOR. Sir Patrick O'Plenipo, Mr. John Collins (with the song of "The Bold Soldier Boy"), supported by Messrs. Billington, Stuart, Stephenson, C. J. Smith, R. Romer; Mrs. Billington and Miss Henrie,ta Simms. To conclude with the celebrateJ sr,rlo-cemic Drama, by S. Lover, Bag., of RORY O'MORE. Rory, Mr. John Collins, with tele songs of - The Wi low 3lacizree," and " The Sprig of Shillilah." The other characters by Mr Billington, Mr Paillips, Mr Paul Bedford, Mr Stuart, Mr Stephenson, Mr C. J. Smith.; Mrs. Alfred Mellon and Miss Kate Kelly, &c. Commence at 7. ROYAL ST. JAMES'S THEATRE. Manager, Mr. Benjamin Webster. EMINENT TALENT AND COMEDY. Thig popular Theatre is Open for the Winter Season. THIS EVENING, UNDER. THE ROSE. At a quarter to 8, Mr. Arthur Sketchley's highly successful and original Comedy of HOW WILL THEY GET OUT OF IT? Mr. J. Maddison Morton's New Comedy Farce, entitled WOOD OCK'S LITTLE GAME. Mr. C. Mathews, Mrs. Frank Matthews. Those celebrated artistes, Mr. and Mrs. C. Mathews, are re engaged. Mrs. Stirling, Mr and Mrs. Frank Matthews, Mr. F. Robinson, Mr. Ashley, Mr. J. Clarke, Mr. Chamberlain, Mr. Johnstone, Mr. W. H. Eburne, Mr. H, J. Xoutague ; Kiss Wentworth. ROY AL STRAND THEAT RE. Sole Lessee and Manageress, Mrs. Swanborough. TIII3 EVENING, JNLIMITED CONFIDENCE. Followed by, at Eight, MIL KY WHITE. Messrs. Craven, Stoyle, James ; Mesdames Swanbor nigh and Mande7s. After which, the great Burlesque, THE MILLER AND HIS MEN. Messrs. Fenton. James, and Thorne ; Mesdames wanborough, Simpson. Johnstone, Hughes, and Carson. COALS. —The LILLESHALL COMPANY'S COALS. Direct from their own Collieries. Marquis'. Top 245. „ Deep ....225. „ Well screened and delivered within five miles of their De pots, Westbourne Park-road, W., and 17, South Wharf, Paddington, W., and Maiden-lane, N. nest Coke Terms cash. JOHN SCOTT, Sole Lgcnt. T" THIRD EDITION OF " THE SUN," Containing the Latest SPORTING INTELLIGENCE, van be had Every Evening of G. ft. GLENIE, NEWS AGENT, No. 4, Connaught-terrace, ilyde-park. THE LATES I' EDITION of " THE SUN" supplied, as soon as published every livening by 11 ENRY 131100 KS, Newspaper Agent, 21, Old Cavendish street, \V. WATER AT LONDON BRIDGE. T 315 DA-z.—Morning, 2h. 59 n.--Afternoon, 3A. 25m. E O -xounow.-Morning, 3b. 43.n.—Afternoon, 4L 10m. e -.1 'The . ~ LONDON, MONDAY, OUT. 17, 1361. Mr. GLADSTONE'S remarks at Manchester were characterised by much the same tone which distinguished his speeches at Liverpool. It not b ing the first time that the right hon. gentleman had spoken publicly in Manchester, he was enabled to draw a comparison between the past and the present, which was alike instructive and interesting. He truly stated that the years of progress, of suffering, which had since passed had given them all much valuable experience, and exhibited to them in its true light the character of their country and countrymen. In no better place could the Chancellor of the Exchequer have made this remark than in Manchester, the centre of the district in which so much suffering has been nobly borne and well endured. In taking a retrospective glance at the period which had passed since he last addressed them, Mr. GLADSTONE expatiated upon the great change that had taken place in the discussion of our foreign policy. In past days this was confined to the periods when any particular instance arose, but now all that refers or relates to other lands ere constantly considered by the Legislature, the press, and the people. It was a happy expression of the right hon. gentleman's that we have now no " natural enemy" In olden days it was the fashion to consider that this country must have some spe cial and particular antagonist —some nation that was to be regarded iu the light of a deter. mined foe ; but the spread of enlighten ment and the interchange of communica tions hive done great things in the way of effecting a change in this important particular. A Minister of the Crown holding a responsible po sition in the councils of his Sovereign can hardly announce a more cheering fact than that we are at peace and likely to continue on good terms with other countries of the world. Mr. GLADSTONE'S remarks were in a general sense. He did not touch noon the particulars of recent events in the north Of Europe, but it cannot be said that the last two years have witnessed the successful government in effecting what he tightly says ought to be our aim and end in the communications that we have with other countries, " that they should adopt for their standing guidance of conduct the principle of re• ecting the rights of one another." With respect the American war the Chancellor of the Ea ch:quer deel‘.red that they held that we had no right to interfere with the Americans settling their own effairr, but he gave it as his own opinion that " he had always had great doubts as to the probbility of reducing to subjection any large portion of a country that ra tnifests a determined di6position to separate." The sight hon. gentleman ILA the perspicuity to declare this some time ago, when he said that JEFFERSON DAVIS had made the South a nation, and succeeding events have fully borne cut the validity of his opinion. Most far sighted observers of fortign policy have come round to this vieN of the question by this time, whatever their desires as to the r esult may be, and' this cons vicf ipn ECTVES to increase the feelin g of rec , ret at the great sufferings that have been so nettllessiy inflicted and to a f ar greater extent in here in England, America. Mr. GLADSTONE'S concluding remarks upon the distress that has cecurred in the northern districts were very effective. lie truly said that the recollection of the last three years is as Worthy of consideration as the brightest records of success in manufacturing and commercial skill, for the " moral aspect" bears so much interest and value. " We have seen a population, counted almost by millions, cast into distress, and we have Bean those millions meet and encounter distress." Speaking of the measures adopted for the relief of the distress, Mr. GLADSTONE truly stated that it was a great feature in itself that so much should have been done to alleviate the misfortune in a spontaneous manner. " To think that the wants of hundreds of thousands, almost millions, could be met as they have been met— not by the agency of Government—not by convoke ing Parliament, and passing special laws—not by the employment of an army of official persons ecnt forth at the public charge to ascertain, to record, and to regulate that relief—but by the voluntary action of the community itself; by the mixed influ ence of Christian charity and practical wisdom thoroughly combining together ; by the power and organisation made applicable on a gigantic scale to the relief of a gigantic calamity, is almost new in the history of the country." The Chancellor of the Exchequer has done well to speak in appreciating terms of the glorious spectacle that has been exhibited by the North of England ; it is one which any Minister should recognise, and it has been of signal service in displaying the extent of the improvements that have taken place of late years among the community. Education and the increase of reading among the lower classes have been potent auxiliaries in helping on this good work; their mighty influence was not felt till a momentous occasion called forth its powers and developed its resources, but having once been appreciated they can never be forgotten nor despised again. Mr. GLADSTONE effectively closed his address by expressing a hope that the results of this struggle would be to ina• prove the future condition of trade in the 4.•Torth —to establish it on a Armer basis—so that the resources of many countries might be pressed into the service, to supply the "industry to which the whole world is a debtor, for there is no portion of the world which is rot a debtor to the cotton industry of Lancashire." The great colliery strike in the Midland Counties is virtually at an end, and there are probably few persons who would desire its continuance. After a duration of fifteen weeks they have been compelled, by the exigencies of trade, to abandon their pur pose, and to break up their organisation. With the exception of some unwarrantable outrages, which have recently tended to alienate public sym pathy from their cause, the general behaviour of the men has been quiet and orderly, and those ex ceptions were probably regretted by no one more than by the body of the colliers themselves, whose good name was thus imperilled. But after this protracted struggle of conflicting interests, the men have had the sense to see that their cause wcs growing only more hopeless as time went on, for the demands of the great coal consumers were being supplied from the north and from the west, so that even now the strike is ended, its conse quences are likely to be felt in the new element of competition which it has brought into the market. The only strength possessed by men on strike is their power of compelling their masters to accede to their terms from the impossibility of carrying on their trades without labour, But when a fresh channel of supply is opened it is no longer a wai in which both sides are fairly matched, and the question is which side can hold out the longest, but the whole - weight falls on the men and their families, and it only remains to be seen to what extent these will carry their useless privations. The large supplies of coal, amounting, it is said, to 10,000 tons daily, which are now coming into South Staffordshire, entirely independent of the collieries of the Black Country, must naturally excite considerable apprehension in the minds of all connected with the local trade, and, therefore, it is not surprising that the men themselves should take some steps towards altering the state of affairs. Accordingly on Saturday afternoon a meeting of the Bilston colliers was convened, for the purpose of hearing an address from Mr. SAMUEL GRIFFITHS, a well-known and highly-popular metal broker of the neighbourhood. There was a very large attendance of men notwiths standing that the notice had been short, and:they listened to Mr. GRIFFITHS'S address with remark able attention. That gentleman spoke at some length, and argued strongly against the continu ance of the strike, saying that although he thought they had been justified in striking, yet the con dition of the iron trade rendered the struggle per. fectly hopeless. This was very unwelcome news to the men, but they received it very quietly, and two of their own leaders had the courage and good sense to step forward and move that, in consequence of the convincing nature of Mr. GRIFFITHS'S arguments, work should be resumed on Monday next. The motion having been pat to the meeting, was received with dead silence, which was perhaps as might be expected, but after the meeting the committee resolved to break up, leave ing every man to do as he thought proper. So that the great strike is really at an end, for, of course, it would be useless for a part to hold out while others worked, and a good muny men are certain to re turn to work as soon as the organisation is broken up. It is to be hoped that the losses and sufferings which it has entailed will not have been fruitless, bat that masters and men will alike have learned something from them. The misters cannot be said to have altogether triumphed, for as we have said the new arrangements for supplying Welsh and Northern coals are likely to prove injurious to them, while the men have only too much cause to remember the strike. It is on the wives and little ones that the chief weight of these strikes falls, and they are therefore to be doubly deplored. At the same time the masters would do well to remember that it is their own tyranny and selfishness that drives men to combine against them and seek that protection from union which they cannot get f r o m anything else. Th ey are quite acute enough to see that wages which go down so promptly in bad times do not rise as quickly in good ones ; in fact, do not often rise at all. Self-interest is too often predominant with employers, and who can wonder that the employed are ready to extort from fear what they cannot get from justice ? .The system of intimidation to fellow-workmen, and of dictating to the employers what men they shall engage or what wages they shall give, is altogether contrary to English prin ciples of fair play, and it is these tendencies that are the great evil of strikes. There is room for improvement on both sides, before either fully re cognise the truth that their interests arc, in fact, identical. According to the promises given at the Ports mouth banquet last week, the Ministry will yet be called to account for the extraordinary doings with respect to the Royal Sovereign. There was no wonder that the topic should be brought forward on the occasion in question, for Sir JAMES ELPHIN. STONE, IM P. for Portsmouth, is one of the popular representatives who are more feared than loved by supine Lords of th e Ad m i ra l ty an d t h e ir misma naging subordinates. The h oe . mem b e r and his friend, Admiral Sir Jos h HAY , have done good service to the public on many occasions, by calling attention to several instances of mal-administration in nautical matters, and it was not likely that so flagrant a case as that of the Royal Sovereign would escape their notice. Sir JOHN HAY remarked that Captain COLES' plan had been only too successful to please those in office, while Sir JAMES ELPHINSTONE said with truth that the principle of the turret had proved so satisfactory that Government could not discard it ; but what did they do? " They took a class of ship unfit for the purpose, cut her down and converted her, and thin commissioned her by a most distinguished cflicer. In three months the Royal Sovereign was a pattern ship for the British navy, and the❑ she w s ordered to be paid off." Sir J. ELPHINSTONE could not acquit the authorities o❑ the scare of ignorance, for Admiral DACRES and the whole - Channel Fleet had had an opportunity of inspeetit g her when Captain OSBORN visited Portland, and no doubt, said the hon. member, the admiral blessed his stars that the Royal Sovergn was not an enemy. Bat however convincing such practical evidence of her success, it was easy to find an excuse for putting so formidable a rival out of the way, and we appre hend that Lord CLARENCE PAGET will find his part of the Parliamentary catechism not very easy. In political matters the existing Administration did ❑ot fare much better, and Mr. FITZGERALD was very happy in exhibiting their deficiencies in the three points on which they mike their boast— Peace, Retrenchment, and Reform. The banquet which was given in honour of Sir JAMES ELPHIN.. STONE went off brilliantly, and was a most worthy expression of public feeling towards a very able and useful member. We need such guardians of the public interest, and in nn quarter is their vigilance more needed than in those mysterious regions where work is always going on, and money being always spent, to very little practical purpose. Roy al English Opera, Covent-garden. The inauguration of the first season of the Roya) English Company (Limited) on Saturday was a complete success. Long before the rising of the curtain e very seat of the splendid theatre was oc cupied, and on Mr Mellon taking his seat in the orchestra he was warmly greeted. In selecting Auber's opera of " Masaniello" for the first performance, Vie directors acted very wisely, because it enabled them to introduce one of their new tenors, and at the same time to avail themselves of the opportunity of presenting to the public one of the grandest and most striking spec tacles produced during the last season at the Royal Italian Opera. After the performance of the brilliant and charming overiure, an encore for which Mr Melton could not resist, the opera commenced, and the opening scene at once showed the style and spirit the company intend to produce their operas. [here was the peasantry, courtiers, soldiers, and ballerini gradually filling the vast wing and elevated terrace in the background with the admit• able ensemble grouping and colours for which the Italian Opera at Covent Garden has become re nowned both at home and abroad. While on the subject of spectacle, we may observe that a buzz of satisfaction greeted the scene of the environs of Portici, with the fishermen unloading the boats, &c. on the rise of the curtain on the second act, and then the admiration culminated at the lifelike bustle of the market place, and tremendous finale of the revolt of the people,-amid. the flames of the burning palaeß, of the Duke, and the barricades and ground strewed with the wounded and the dying. Having thus briefly disposed of the scenic portion of the opera wo come to the most important in gredient, viz., the singers. The part of the hero, Masaniello, was sustained by Mr. Charles Adams, an Englishman we believe, who has just finished a suxtssful engagement at the Royal Opera, Berlin. His voice is a high tenor, clear, and of considerab:e register. lie is slender in figure, but possesses a pleasing counte nance ; and although we should say he is on ordi nary occasions perfectly at his ease on the siege, on Saturday night he was evidently suffering from great nervousness. To that circumstance we attri bute the slight effect produced in singing the cele brated barcarole at the commencement of the second act. In the duet with Pietro he was some what deficient in energy ; but in the tender portions of the part Mr Adams revealed the true quality of his voice. In the air addressed to his sleeping sister he sang with a riAness of tone and feeling which made it as charming as it was pathetic. Despite all the drawbacks Mr Adams made a most success ful debtit, and one thing is perfectly certain, viz,, that we have a most accomplished tenor, and one whose real triumph has yet to come. Mr Herbert Bond, another debatant, sustained the un thankful part of Alfonso, but he also produced a most favourable impression. His voice is a tenor of light quality, but capable, we should imagine, of much better things than the part of the Count affords. Mr Weiss, as Pietro, sang in his usual style—the guitar song, in the fifth act, of course brought down immense applause. The other male parts were all well sustained. Madame Parepa's Elvira was the best we have heard on the stage, and althou g h th e part i s one far below low the talents of the accomplished artiste, she sang .the music with as muc h care and tasteas to findll it had b een one of the most im portant i Perhaps th e most diffi cult an efficient representa tive FenrAla,' but in Mdll e . R ose character s the f dourmbh girlich Giraud the management have succeeded beyond all our hope. With the exception of the late Madame Monte we have never seen the part more exquisitely performed. _ The opera concluded most successfully, an d all that remains for us to do is to congratulate the directors and manager of the company on the brilliant commencement of their new enterprise. The Yelverton Appeal Case, After the opinions in this case were delivered in the House of Lords on the 28th July a draft of the intended judgment was transmitted to the soli citors for the parties, whereby it was proposed, in the action of declarator of marriage, to reverse the judgment of the First Division of the Court of Session, and to absolve the appellant, Major Yel verton, from the conclusions of the summons ; and in the action of declarator of freedom, and putting to silence, to giro judgment in favour of Major Yelverton in terms of both conclusions of the summons, as had been done by Lord Ardmillan in the first judgment in the cause ; but in both cases without expenses. The summons of declarator of freedom and putting to silence contained not only the leading conclusion to have the defender rut to silence, but also a second conclusion to have her found liable to the appellant, Major Yelverton, in £3O of damages. It was main tained for Mrs. Yelverton, first before the chief clerk of the House of Lords, and afterwards before Sir John Shaw Lefevre, but without success, that not only was it not the intention of the House of Lords to award damages against the respondent, but that it was incompetent to do so, as no judgment for damages could be given without interven tion of a jury to assess them, according to the provisions of the G:h Geo. IV., cap. 120, see, 28, which appropriates all such questions for trial by jury. Having failed to get the draft judgment altered according to the respondent's contention, the matter was referred to the Lord Chancellor ; and on Thursday last his lordship, atter hearing Mr. Tippetts for the appellant, and Mr. Wakeford, of Simeon and Wakeford, for Mrs. Yelverton, ruled that i❑ the action of declarator of freedom and put• ting to silence judgment ought to be made in con formity with the first conclusion of the summons only, thus giving effect to the view contended fe- by the respondent, and disallowing any - -- .werd damages. The judgment of the h- _ now bof ibbliOd as so settled by his' _vase has been 4,rd,thip._4s,ootetnan. LATEST INTELLIGENCE, [R EUTER'S TELEGRAMS.] SPAIN. MARID, OCT. 16. The circular relative to the elections issu®d by Senor Gonzalez Bravo is well received by the Madrid journals. The Iberia states that 500 workmen have been dismissed from the arsenal of Carrasa. THE BOMBAY MAIL. MALTA, OCT, 16, The Euxino left here at 5 a.m. to-day for Mar seilles, and the Syria will leave at 1 a.m. to-morrow for Southampton. OUTWARD CALCUTTA AND CHINA MAILS. The Baroda, from Southampton on the 4th inst. reached Malta on the 13th at 3 a,m., and left al 3 p.m. for Alexandria. The Ripon, from Marseilles on the 12th inst. arrived at midnight on the 14th, and left at 6 a.m on the 15th for Alexandria. AUSTRIA. The Vienna journals announce the death, in that city, of Prince Waldemir of Anhalt, aged 67, brother of the reigning Duke. The Allona Mercury says :—Several geometrical surveys have been made during the last few days at Rendsburg, connected with the intended works of the fortifications and the canal. The park of artil• lery, composed of the cannon taken from the enemy, and which forms the common property of the allies, was said to have been sold to an Austrian specula. tor, but we now learn that it was only the Austrian portion that was sold, and that nothing has yet been done with the Prussian part. Those guns have no value except as old metal. FRANCE. " The recent visit of Lord Clarendon to Vienna," says the Pays," had for result the reduction of the Austrian army. The Vienna Cabinet is said to have consented to that measure on the formal promise that England would induce the Italian Government to adopt a similar proceeding." On the other band, the Fremdenblatt, of Vienna, pub lishes a letter from Turin which represents France as acting in a similar sense. It says :—" King Victor Emmanuel this week received from a French officer, sent here expressly, an autograph letter from the Emperor Napoleon. The King immediately sum moned a Cabinet Cuuneil. An hour after all the Ministers bting assembled, his Majesty, with theEna peror's letter in his hand, said, " Gentlemen, Austria is disarming; the order for reducing her army has been given, and in Vtaietia alone 15,000 men quit their regiments. The Emperor Napoleon is greatly pleased at those pacific tendencies of Austria, and desires to see us follow the good example so given, and to introduce strict order in our finances.' A long deliberation followed, and I can affirm that the Cabinet was unanimously in favour of acting like Austria. In spite of a marked unwillin gness on the part of the King to reduce the army, his Majesty was obliged to give directions to the Mi nisters of Finance and of War to concert together for the purpose of fixing the amount of the reduc tions that might be necessary, and to present to him as soon as possible positive propositions on the subject." " Some provincial journals," says the Constitu tionnel, " have announced the formation of a high commission charged to revise the organisation of the administrative officials of the army. We are able to affirm that the War apartment had no project of the kind in contemplation. The Europa of Frankfort is not better informed as to the extraordinary wurks which would, it says, cause the marshals to meet much earlier than usual. They are to be convoked for the ordinary period, and will only have to weupy themselves, as in former years, with the classification of the officers proposed for promotion at the last general inspec tion." BOURSE, Oat. 16.—The market has been more buoyant. Threes, for the Account, are now a• 65f. 30e. Mobilier, which was yesterday quoted by mistake 8781, instead of 888!, has improved to 897!. Railway Market firm, with an improvement on some of the lines. The market closed as follows : 11 per Cent 5....... 01 80 Do. end month.... 3 per Cents .. 65 05 Do. end month.... 65 20 Credit Mobilier.... 898 75 Do. end month.... 897 50 Bank Shares 3390 Credit la °lacier ll6O Roman Italian Loan 65 Do. end month 65 80 Ditto Threes .. 40 75 New Mexican .... 75 Russian Austrian Spanish Threes — Rome Debt Deferred BAIL' Cash. Account, 0r1ean5.......,...,.... 837 50 .. 835 -- Northern Lyons and Mediterranean 890 .. 888 75 Southern Western Eastern Sardinian 330 .. 330 Austrian Loirbard North of Spain Saragossa 470 .. 466 25 Ditto to Barcelona .• • • -- 2O) — CHINA AND JAPAN. We take the following summary of news from the China Overland Mail of 27th August : " Japan has been the subj. et of some anxiety during the last fortnight, and theca are not wanting prospects of speedy hostilities in the Straits of Shimonoseki, which firms the Gibraltar of the Inland Sea. Matters may thus briefly be stated. On or about the 25th of July last two Japanese ' ambassadors' reached Yokohama by the mail steamer. Both were dressed as Europeans, and had been for three months in England, vvhitilvr they h a d b een sen t , th e y affirmed, by their re - Aster, the Prince of Nagato. Shortly rifler their arrival, two of her Al.jesty's vessels of war (the Barossa and the Cormorant) got up steam, .and proceeded to the Straits of Shimonaski with the two men on board. There were also on board an engineer officer and some French and Dutch offi eerie This was the first visit paid to these Straits by any foreign vessel for about a year, and there was some reason to suspect that Nagato had in the interval strengthened his fortifications. There is every reason to suppose that this suspicion is correct. Whatever errand the two ships of war went upon — we h ear i t was to demand the opening o f the Inlar. d Sea—they returned wit bout having accomplished it. All th e i r d emands met from the Prince of Nagato an absolute r e f usa l . The ambassadors' were put on shore at their mast er ' s territory. In consequence of what passed it was at once arranged that the combined French, Englis'a, and Dutch fleet should leave Yokohama about the 21th inst., to see how far it was posaible to enforce their demands upon the Prince. The fleet intended for this service consisted of 16 English, two French, and four Dutch vessels of war, a force somewhat more formidable than that employed at Kagosima, but of questionable use against the forts and forces of Negate, should he prove to have increased in mili tary strength during the past year, which it is to be feared he has to a very considerable extent. " A battalion of Marines will embark with the fleet from Yokohama, leaving that port defended by the 20th Regi ment and detachments of the 67th. There have also been ordered up from Shanghai 100 men of the 67th and 150 Be loachees. As an additional protection to the settlement her Majesty's ship Conqueror and the United States steamer Jamestown will remain at Yokohama. _„---- " The fleet about to sail 12 days after the date of our last Japan advices (Aug. 1:;) was to rendezvous in the Bang° Channel, where her Majesty's ships Perseus and Osprey would join them from Shanghai, with a supply of coal in sailing vessels which they were ordered to escort. It can not bo sooner than the middle of September before hostili ties commence, should matters ever come to that pass ; and, from the extent of the operations, there is some reason to fear the worst. Largo as these preparations are, comparatively, they are much too insignificant, in the opinion of well-informed judges, for the purpose of putting our relations with Japan on a liberal, permanent, and satis factory footing. Fur this purpose a land force of not lea than 15,000 is said to be needed ; and if we should wait another year, while the Japanese continue to mature their own preparations, a force of 20,000 men might be unrc iia i to the task of obtaining what we desire. Meantim are all the l a t est authentic items of new' - these they are calculated to arouse rota Japan, and " From Chi na th - .nous anxiety. the state of • ; c ruel political news has reference to -- `a° country. That Chi na can never be at perfect ....l ~ a ce is a p ro bl em which we need not attempt to solve. Its Government h as been called a despotic government, but ... there is no country in the world where the peace of the em pire depends so much on the goodwill of the people, and ut this few ere better aware than the reandarina thenuelyee The Taeping rebellion has been one of the worst sores conse quent upon the pride, haughtiness, and self-sufficiency into which the Chinese rulers had fallen (from Hien Fung down to the lowest civil officer) that has for a long time punished the sins of the governing classes. It was in itself a malady that would never havo resulted in political purgation —an ulcer which foreigners wished to keep clear of by 30 miles at least, and which they have shown the Chinese how t 3 cure. The physician has hitherto got but scant thanks from his querulous patient, and the next matter of curiosity will be to see whether China's renewed vigour will be used in our favour or against us. Several questions have been waiting solution for some time, chiefly with re gard to treaty rights ; and those questions have been defer red on account of the trouble attending the Taeping re bellion. The Royal Alfred. In the launch of this frigate, which took place at Portsmouth on Siturdqy, the Admiralty have sent aflot another vessel that, when she has been clothed with her machinery, may be added to the list of England's ironclad fleet, and become one of the total number which now comprises some nine or ten descriptions of vessels varying in all the ex tremes of tonnage, speed, and mode of construction which now form our somewhat heterogenous collec tion of irotticlads. The Royal Alfred is one of the Prince Consort and Royal OA class, their frames designed and prepared as 92-gun screw line-of battle ships, but afterwards cut down to a frigate's battery, altered in form at the bow and stern, and etrenthened considerably in every part to carry the weight of 41in. armour plating. The Royal Alfred was ordered to be built sea line ofebattle ship in October, 1859, of the following general dimensions :—Length between perpendi culars, 252 ft ; length of keel for tonnage, 213 ft 91n ; breadth extreme, 58ft ; breadth for tonnage, 57ft 2in ; breadth moulded, 56ft 4in ; depth in hold, 19ft 10in ; burden in tons, 3,715 62-94, The ship was accordingly laid down and nearly completed in accorance with these orders, when, after the work had been suspended on her for some time, just at the period when wooden liners had become univer sally acknowledged as useless to compete with iron clad frigates, a second order relative to the ship was issued from the Admiralty in June, 1661, which on this occasion directed that the ship's upper deck, so far as it had been constructed, should be removed, and .the necessary alterations and strengthening of her frame carried out, to com plete her as en ironscased frigate. Under these new conditions the Royal Alfred ,has been suf ficiently completed to be launched from off the ship way on which she has been constructed on Satur day, her hull shorn externally of all aids to her beauty, her bo vs without the " figureehead " which has existed as part of a ship from the time of the Phoenicians, or the curved lines of head-rail and cutwater, and her stern without the ornamental quarter-galleries, and reduced to a bare conical ter mination, the apex projecting over and protecting the fixed screw and rudder; her length is now in. creased beyond her original dimensions to 2731 t. be tween perpendiculars and 233 ft. on her keel, and he: tonnage increased to 4,045 26 94, while her breadth remains the same. On Saturday, as, previous to launching, she lay on her blocks, with her vast hull painted black, and without other orna ment than the gaily-decorated bottle of wine sus pended from the stem for the " christening," she looked like some antediluvian monster. Mr. Cra dock, the master shipwright of Portsmouth Dock yard, had the direction and care of launching the ship, Rear-Admiral G. Elliot, Admiral superinten• dent, superintending the operations. A few minutes before 10 a.m. Miss Alice Cradock, the daughter of the master shipwright, was led forward, and with great grace broke the bottle against the ship's stem —at the same time uttering the customary wish, " Success to the Royal Alfred." The ship was named, but not yet quite freed. Some ten blocks under her keel remained to be split out, but the most of these were soon dealt witb, and Miss Cradock, having a small mallet placed in her hands, struck a blow on a sharp chisel held against the card on the ship's stem which kept sus pended the iron " dogs," when the latter descended in their grooved channels and knocked clear the dogshorcs which alone now held the ship on the ways. A few moments only of suspenee, accom panied by groaning and creaking sounds, and the ship started and slid with a goatle rush into the water, amid ringing cheers from thousands of spec. tatore. Like others of her class, the Royal Alfred does not look much handsomer afloat than she did on the stocks, bat in the absence of beauty there is evident fitness for fighting purposes as a broadside ship, looking on her superficially as she lay broadside on to the building shed, and brought up in that posi tion by her anchor immediately after being launched. If the launching scene be now left and the reader transported on board the Royal Al. fred, the ship may be inspected from another point of view. Upper deck is at present clear fore and aft, after the fashion of cur best specimens of wooden screw frigates, with the exception that a forecastle is being constructed at the fore end of the deck, and lines are laid out for the erection of a poop at the after end ; the first being a covered-in space of the deck, which may be appropriated to the accommo dation of the crew; and the second a similar spec) for the accommodation of an admiral and his u'te—the Royal Alfred being destined as a fl ig• ship—thus meeting the difficulty hitherto expe rienced in providing such accommodation for the officer commanding a fighting fleet. The upper deck of the Royal Alfred is composed of the ordinary wooden planking; but this is laid upon an iron deck of half-inch boiler plate, which, strength ened and tied by edge and butt straps of iron of equal thickness, and by fora and aft stringer rows of plates, rests upon rolled iron beams which span the ship at short intervals. Descending from this upper to the main or gun deck below, the ship is here found to give, from appearances, her greatest promise of future efficiency as a man of war, and at the same time, on close examination, she exhibits her inefficiency as such in common with her sisters of the same class. The deck, from beam to floor, is of good height, there is ample room for working the guns of the battery fore and aft, the means of venti lation for carrying off the smoke in rapid firing are good, and, to crown all, the entire deck, round the stem and stern, as well as on the broadside, is pro tected by 4k-inch rolled armour plates, from the Atlas Works, Sheffield. So far for efficiency. As to her inefficiency, all this capital arrangement of gun battery, roomy quarters, and ventilation, pro tected by the best of all armour plating, is sup ported only by some 18 inches of timber, without any inner iron lining, and the consequences in action would be that steel shot from guns of any power would go completely through the side of the ship fired at, and knock off the armour plates from the opposite side, and if only cast iron shot were fired from the ordinary 68 pounder smooth bore gun, although the shot would not penetrate into the ship, yet the splinters flung off from the unlined ship's side internally by the impact of the shot upon the armour plates would be sufficient to disable all the men at the guns, Descending lower into the ship, workmen are found busily employed fitting the mess, berthing, &c., for the crew; and still lower may be seen the preparations made for the reception of her machinery. Neither machinery nor armour plates yet form part of the Royal Alfred, and both will have now to be fitted in dock or in the floating basins of Portsmouth yard, as may be required, according to the progress of the ship's outfit, The engines will be of the united power of 800 horses, nominal, from the estab lishment of Messrs Maudslay, Field, and Co., the latter fact being a sufficient guarantee for their ex cellence. The lower meets of the ship are splendid specimens of iron manufacture, from the works of Messr s of Chepstow. The Royal Alfred is pierced for 35 guns, but with the rapid strides now being made in the calibres of naval ordnance it would be useless to speculate upon what her armament may eventually be. Rear-Admiral George Elliot, after the launch had been accomplished, entertained a large party to luncheon at his official residence in the dockyard. A large body of the Metropolitan Police, under the command of Mr Superintendent Grey, rendered efficient bervice during the launch of the ahip. New German Hospital. The new German Hospital at Delston, built to replace the old institution, which was found to be utterly inade quate to the accommodation of a greatly increasing number of inmates, was inaugurated on Saturday afternoon by H.R.I - 1, the Duke of Cambridge, the president. It is well known that London, and particularly the eastern portion, contains an immense number of German residents—in fact, the number is estimated as high as 30,000 —yet until about 20 years since there was no institu tion especially devoted to their reception if ill or destitute of the commonest comforts or necessaries. The wealthier Ger man residents soon, however, took steps to found an asylum where the misery and want of their poorer countrymen could be relieved—and, seconded by the benevolent (Inas of her Majesty, the Prince Consort, and the late King of Prussia, an hospital was opened at Dalston in Oct., 1t45, in the presence of the present royal president and of ,a nu merous assemblage. The late King of Prussia and two Ger man merchants liberally advanced £3,000, without inter st, and, with this sum to start with, the premises formerly occupied by the Infant Orphan Asylum were secured and adapted to the end required. The cornaaiitee also secured the services of a matron and three nurses from the Protes tant establishment at Kaieerwerth on the Rhine, founded by Pastor Flieduer, whose death wo recorded on Satur ay last, feeling that it would add greatly to the comfort of the poor patients if they were attended by persons speaking their own language, and to whom they could express their inmost wants and wishes. Several English gentlemen, zealous in the cause of charity, soon came to the assist ance of the committee, and since - then the institution has been the means of affording relief to 150,000 sufferers, either in or out patients, above a third of whom are Eng lish. In fact, the institution, though nominally an hos pital for Germans, is conducted on the most ,liberal and comprehensive principles—for English ;people, as well as natives of other countries, are at all times admitted freely when there is room. The average daily number of English out-patients is 100. Benevolent sympathy was speedily felt in the progress of the hospital, and the late Mr Huth, the treasurer, gave the munific-nt donation of £2,500. His example was followed by others, who felt that increased accommodation was urgently necessary, and ar rangements were made to establish a building fund for the new hospital opened on Saturday. It is situated in what was formerly the garden, in the rear of the present hospital, and stands on admirable soil, gravel and sand, The structure consists of two blocks, con nected by a corridor. The front block contains the residen tial building, the kitchens, dispensary, offices for medical and other officers, and 8 or 10 rooms intended for the use of patients who may wish to avail themselves of the advantages afforded by a sanatorium attached to the hospital. The wards are 15ft. high in the clear, and provide 1,506 cultic feet of air for each bed. At the end of the wards are ecul leri es, bath looms, and other conveniences, with rooms for the nurses and sisters. On the ground floor is an accident ward, which will contain 10 beds, and a waiting room fur out patients. A commodious staircase gives access to the wards, of which there are four on the firs floor, each afford ing space for 10 bed•. The children's and female wards are on one side and the men's wards on the other. The second floor of the building consists of two large wards, estimated to contain 20 beds each, and there are also many other rooms for general purposes. The sleeping apartments for the attendants are in the attics. A lilt, worked by hydraulic apparatus, is provided for raising coal, &c., and in the base ment is ample room for stores and other purposes. On the walls of the entrance ball are slabs on which are carved the names of many generous benefactors to the institution. The building has been erected by Professor Donaldson, in con junction with Mr Edward Gruning, the son of a great benefactor to the hospital, About £12,500 has been ex pended in the structural and some of the fittings, but the cost of the outbuildings, heating apparatus, the lift, gas fittings, Sec., are not included in this amount. The chapel is 40ft. by 25%, and lat. high. Over the communion table is a beautiful stained glass window, the subject being the " Good Samaritan," It is placed there in memory of the Prince Consort, and is presented by Mr J. Rahles, a member of the board of management. The floor is inlaid with Minton's encaustic tiles. In this chapel were assemb!cd many ladies and gentle• mon on Saturday afternoon awaiting the arrival of the Duke of Cambridge, and amongst them were those ladies who had assisted in the promotion of the building by mak ing collections or giving donations. Ills royal highness came shortly before half-past 2, when he was received at the old hospital by the treasurer, M. hleinertzhagen, the chaplain, the Rev. W. Walbaum, the vice-pr, sidents, and committee, by whom he was conducted in procession to the new building, preceded by the band of the Coldstream Guards, which had previously played some favourite opera tic airs in the garden fronting the new building. The route lay across a bridge paabing over the North London Railway, which here intersects the grounds. On reaching the chapel his royal highness took his station in front of the chancel, when a body of German choristers sang tha celebrated hymn by Martin Rinekare, "Nun kanket alto Gott," originally composed in 1648, at the close of the 3) years' war through out Germany, and which has since been continued es the national hymn of thanksgiving. After this the chaplain read a psalm, and off,..ired a prayer asking the Divine blessing on the success of the new institution, a doxology, " Lob, Ehr' and Preis eei GAL" was sung, when the royal president' accompanied by the vice-presidents, the committee and officers, proceeded to inspect the hospital, the arrangements of which were explained by the architect. His royal high ness made a most minute examination of the building, with which he repeatedly expressed his satisfaction and convic tion that the 100 patients for whom provision is made will be well cared for. The campany assembled in the A. Bach ward on the up per story, when The TREASURER (Ill.Meinertziaagen) addressed the royal president and the friends of the Charity, pointing out the benefits it had alre.dy conferred, and explaining the rise and progress of the new building which they had that day met to inaugurate. He afterwards read a long list of sub scriptions collected by ladies towards the building fund, amounting to about £1,300, and concluded by thanking the Duke of Cambridge for the honour conferred upon them by his attendance that day to formally open the building, The Duke of CAMBRIDGE, in reply, said he felt plea sure in being present at the opening of the institution. After the excellent address of their worthy treasurer and the sta• tistics he had laid before them, he had but little to say. He deeply regretted, however, that some of the valued members of their committee had been lost to them; but it was grati fying to know that in the persons of their treasurer and other gentlemen present the losses would la) supplied. He had had the pleasure to inspect the various wards and other portions of that noble building, and he felt bound to say that in every particular they seemed well adapted for the object in tended. The institution had experienced its day of adversity, it was true, but he trnsted that with the open ing of the new building its dais of ill fortune had passed away, and that they could now look forward to a period of unmitigated prosperity. It must, however, be borne in mind that all similar institutions lived, if he might so ex press it, a band-to-mouth kind of existence, and therefore he would remind all friends of the Germen Hospital that they should not be cen'ent with having raised the funds for the erection of the hospital, but that they should still con tinue to raise the means for supporting the charity. (Hear, hear.) After referring to the noble exertions of the ladies who had collected the amounts which had just been an nounced, his royal highness said that this should act as an incentive to the gentlemen, and should induce them to double the amount contributed as speedily as possible. (Cheers.) An acknowledgment was not only due to the committee who had carried out the undertaking, but to the medical staff, the rev, chaplain, to Professor Donaldson, and \Ur Gruning, the architect, all of whom he cordially thanked in his own name and that of the officers of the institution. He had only to declare that the new Germen Hospital was open, and he did so with much pleasure. (Cheers.) The committee hereupon reconducted his royal highness to his carriage, and the proceedings closed by the choir singing another hymn—" Der Herr ist mein Hirt (the Lord is my Shepherd). DESPERATE ATTEMPT TO MURDER.—A private soldier, named henry Augustus Manns, was brought up at the Shirehal!, Chelmsford, on Tuesday, charged with the attempt at murder of a young woman named Charlotte Turner, a domestic servant living with Mr Nicholson, tailor, Chelmsford. The following evidence was given :—Major Masters said—l am a major in the 11th Regiment of Light Infantry ; the prisoner is in the same regiment, and acts as my servant. I occupy apartments at the house of Mr Nicholson, tailor. A servant, Charlotte Turner, lives with Mr Nicholson, and cooks for us, and occasionally, in the ab sence of the prisoner, waits on us. I have for some tirro past noticed an intimacy between her and the prisoner. Complaints have been made to me of the prisoaer's con duct to the girl. I was in my drawing room this morning about 10 o'clock, when I heard screams and violent knocking. I went to the door, and saw the prisoner in the butler's pantry, three or four yards off. His coat was off, and his shirt sleeves tacked up to the elbows. asked him what was the matter—he said, " Nothing." 1 requested him to come to me, Ho made P z approach towards me, and then suddenly darted downstairs, and ran away. I went upstairs to my bedroom, the door of which I found locked. I knocked at the door, which was opened, and in the room I saw the girl with a large cut in her throat, and the blood pouring from it. I went downstairs immediately and gave an alarm, and w ent for a policeman. I met one, related the circumstance, and requested him to go in search of the prisoner, In the lock-up he said, " Sha has been trying to get me to do this for a long time, and now 1 have done it." William Seabrook, police sergeant, deposed — The prisoner was left for ak put ten minutes in my charge. He said two or three times, " She has aggravated me to do this. Do you Lnow whether she is dead ?" I said that I did not. A few minutes afterwards I took the prisoner up stairs. He then said, " It's best to tell the truth. throw'd the razor inta the river as I went up the London road. I meant to have thrown myself in," The prisoner, who was remanded, had been keeping company with the girl, but had been recently discarded for a more favoured suitor. COMMITTAL OF A MERCHANT FOR FORGERY.— Samuel Hirst, late a merchant at Bradford, and now a bankrupt, has been committed for trial on a charge of forg ing the acceptance of Mr Jonathan Taylor, wool and waste dealer, Rochdale, to e bill of exchange for £lB 164 Oa, PANVI4 g l if 11 1 HER MAJESTY. BALMORAL, Oct. 14. The Queen, accompanied by Prince Arthur, and attended by Lady Augusta Stanley and the Hon. EauLa Lascelles, drove yesterday to the Lynn of Muick. The DJan of Westminster left the Castle in the morning. The Hon. Sir Frederick Bruce arrived at the Castle in the evening. OCT. 15. The Queen, attended by Lady Augusta Stanley, went out yesterday morning ; and in the afternoon her Majesty went out driving, accompanied by Princess Helena and Prince Leopold. VL•countess Jocelyn arrived at the Castle as Ladi in Waiting upon her Msjeary. Sir George Grey had the honour of dining with the Queen and Royal family. His Excellency the Ambassador of France will not return to Albert Gate House till the latter eed of the month from Paris. The Duke of Rutland is passing the season at Cheveley Park, where his grace has been enters Wining a succession of visitors. The Duke and Duchess of 'Wellington have arrived at Apsley Huuse from Brighton. Emily Duchess of Beaufort and Lord and Lady Londesborough have arrived at Grimston, Tadcas 4 ter, from Scotland. The Marquis of Bristol, who has been suffering from severe iudispc'tion for some time past, is, we regret to learn, in a very weak state, and but slight hopes are entertained of his recovery. The Earl Jermyn and several other members of the family have arrived at Ick worth Park. The Marquis and Marchioness of Lansdowne have arrived at Lansdowne House, from Bowood , Wilts. The Earl and Countess of Craven and the Ladies Craven are shortly expected in town from Ash• down Park, Berks. • Lord Stanley of Alderley has arrived at Dover' street from Alderley Park, Cheshire, for a fel days. Lord and Lady Alexander Lennox have arrived at Colonel Townley's residence in Charles-streets from Newmarket. Sir George and Lady Philips have arrived in town from Western House, Warwickshire, en route for the Continent. The marriage of Colonel Farquharson of Inver* cluld and Miss °swains fixed to take place a the 4th of next month. • The Prince and Princess of Wales in Denmark. (From the Times' Special Correspondent) ELSINORE, Tuesday, Oct. 11. To-day the first indications of an intention of the part of members of the royal family to turn their steps speedily homeward exhibited themselves the despatch to Travemunde, en route for Balmoral, of the infant Prince Albert Victor. The embarka^ tion was conducted in the most private manner, tha crew of the yacht wearing their ordinary blue shirts and not the white dress of state occasions, and the marines not appearing upon deck at all. The guns of Kronborg fort were silent; and, except for the royal servants in waiting upon the pier, who came with the three carriages from Fredensborg, the departure might hava been that of any ordinary steamer. Such luggage as was requisite for the journey had been sent on board about 1 o'clock and at 2 precisely Dr Sieveking, who goes to Eng land in charge of the baby, took up his position at the foot of the gangway, with an officer of the Eng' lish and another of the Danish royal household, in order to hand out from the second carriage Lady De Grey and Ripon, in whose arms the infant Prince was resting. Mrs Walters, the nurse, and two servants followed ; and this constituted the entire retinue of the youngest member of the English royal family. The little Prince wore a round straw hat, with blue edging and a white feather, a white lace collar round his neck, and a wide blue mantle with three or four rows of braid, trimmed at the bottom with deep white lace. Al 4 ways a quiet, even tempered child, it gave no iedia cation of being either asleep or awake, but was carried below to the warm cabin by its nurse, into whose arms it had been transferred when leaving the carriage. The men drew up in line respectfully to let it pass and lifted their hats as it went by, This was the on'y piece of ceremony. Mr. Taylor, the English Consul, with one or two other gentle men, went on board and paid their respects very brie fly, and then Capt. Bower, R.N., took his station on the paddlebox, the yacht's head was got round, an operation of considerable nicety in a narrovr harbour such as Elsinore, and by half-past 2 o'clock the Osborne was on her way to Travemunde, the bathing place and nearest point of deep blue water to the city of Lubeck. To that town a river winds, which is navigable for smaller vessels, but not for those of the tonnage of the Royal yacht. On arriv ing at Travemunde a change into a smaller steamer will accordingly be necessary, unless a drive of some 10 miles by road should be considered prefer able. From Lubeck to Hamburg, as already stated, the journey by railway will be easy, and will be continued to Giuckstadt, a town on the right bank of the river Etbe, where the Salamis will be in waiting to receive the prince, Lady De Grey, Dr• Sieveking, and the attendants, and to take then' across to Hull. Here, according to the time of their arrival, a special, or if it should happen to correse pond with their arrangements, the ordinary train will take on the Royal party to Balmoral. The Russian Grand Duke also quits Fredensborg this evening, and goes by train to Copenhagen , where he will drive straight from one terminus to the other and proceed to Korsoer, and there ern" barking on board his own yacht, the Standard, for Kiel. There is a rumour that his marriage with the Princess Dagmar will . not take place before next year, and that in the meantime his Imperial High' ❑ess will undertake an extensive course of travel in the south of Europe, his bride elect proceeding simultaneously to St. Petersburg to familiarise her• self under the Royal auspices with the strict re quirements of Russian Court etiquette, and also to be made acquainted, by the Chief Patriarch of the Greek Church, with the principles of that religioa of which it is requisite that she should profess her adoption before the ceremony can take piece. MUNIFICENT DONATION TO THE ROYAL FRES HOSPITAL, GRAY'S INN•ROAD.—An elderly lady, who has already contributed the sum of £7OO, in nine dons* tions, towards the funds of this very excellent charity, called at the hospital during the sitting of the weekly board, orz Thursday, when after making inquiries into the state of tba funds, and inspecting a great portion of the building, w ith. the general arrangements of which ahe was highly gratified► she handed a further donation of £3OO to Dr. Marsden, the founder of the hospital, to meet the many demands on the itstitution. The number of patients relieved at the hospital during hot week wee 3,314, of which 1,284 WO new cases. LAUNCH OF ITHE LORD CLYDE AT PEMBROKE DOCK.—The Lord Clyde ironclad steamship was ,launched at Pembroke Dock on _Thursday afternoon, the christening ceremony being performed ,by Mrs ,Saurin, of Orielton. The following are the dimensions of the Lord Clyde Length between perpendiculars, 280 ft. ; length of keel for tonnage, 2331 t. 114 in. ; extrtme breadth to outside of armour, 581 t. 9in. ; ditto tonnage, 67ft. ; moulded, oft.; depth of hold, 30ft. 9in. ; burden in tons, 4,067. The Loyd' Clyde will carry 36 guns. DEMOLITION OF THE GREAT EXHIBITION BUILD' ING.—On Saturday all the requisite arrangemen to for removing the towers in the Exhibition-road were core" pleted by Captain Fowke and his staff of Royal Engineers, preparatory to operations for that purpose, which will take place to-day. Borings to a considerable depth have be-e n made beneath the basements of the towers for the noted nary explosive charges, which will be fired by electric bat tery at a coup dc main. The towers at the western ex tremity of the building, in Prince Albert's-road, will be blown down on Thursday, an.: thereafter the grand entrance in the Cromwell-road. All the walls and the rest of the building have already been removed. The ground is el; petted to be cleared by the end of the year, when operati will be commenced for the erection of the proposed 736V1 1111111013111 for the department of science and a rt. on rHE SUN, LONDON, MONDAY EVENING, OCTOBER 17, 1864.